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Time Paradox Ghost Writer is a story about a manga creator who isn't unique or bold enough to make it in the industry. That is, until, his microwave begins spitting out copies of Weekly Shounen Jump from years in the future. He then decides that plagiarizing a story from these volumes' pages will be his fast track to success.

Ironically enough, a "lack of originality" is my core issue with this entire manga.

There isn't an ounce of originality to the plot. It combines the ideas of two widely acclaimed series, Bakuman and Steins;Gate, in more ways than you'll realize at first. It's all stuff ... we've seen before, just done much worse than its inspirations. The pacing is all over the place, ranging from a couple weeks to a couple of YEARS passing in a single chapter. However, there's no telling whether that's due to the author's own writing or to WSJ itself, since they've decided to ax the series within its first four months in publication.

Even when it tries to do something on its own, it ends up being all too much for the series to handle, becoming an odd, unexplained, unfocused mess in its final weeks. The art, while nothing special, does its job adequately enough. I haven't felt a single thing for the characters in this manga so far - in fact, I could hardly tell you anything about ANY of the characters in its pages. Or, should I say, either of the two characters that appear in more than a single chapter.

Ultimately, I wouldn't necessarily DISSUADE you from reading this because of its exceedingly short run time, but I wouldn't really encourage you to read it either. I would much rather point you to either of its inspirations, Bakuman and Steins;Gate; however, I would be very surprised if you haven't heard of either up to this point.